When did we start using “liberal” and “conservative” as nouns instead of adjectival modifiers? Continue reading

I know that not all of life can be summarized in acronyms and cute clever sayings. I also know that when we say, "Just believe," that there is the danger of the same sort of simplistic manipulation. It is simple.… Continue reading

Up to the neck in mire, no place to stand, no place to grab hold, deep waters, dry mouth, weary eyes, and constant waiting for God – this is what it means to be spiritual? This is sometimes what it… Continue reading

We have some digging to do to get to the root of things and that can be uncomfortable. Continue reading

What is common ground and why do we need to cultivate it? Finding common ground never means having to surrender the ground where you feel you must stand based upon principle. It is finding and recognizing the ground you share… Continue reading

Where God places a longing, God plants the possibility and the power within us. He has not made us to be ordinary, sedentary, or earth-bound. He has made us to soar. Continue reading

Image from Daniel Vickers' "Farmers and Fishermen", 1994. “Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field … He that soweth the good seed is… Continue reading

What we believe does not alter reality. What we refuse to believe does not nullify it.  The current flows with overwhelming and sometimes invisible force in whatever direction it will.Will it will sweep me away or will I flow with… Continue reading

His ignition switch for God-consciousness was shooting out some sparks, but the conflict within him always kept the engine from turning over. Continue reading

  Here is a typical, unspoken, but real prayer: "Sorry God, I can't go there with you because it is outside of my neat little theological box of definitions and beyond my limited understanding of who You are." Theology is… Continue reading